FFO2 DPT, Newcastle United vs. Brighton (Tue Feb 21) Newcastle United | Brighton 5-3-2 A | 5-0-3-2 A Chris Banks | Peter Hayward | T_Strakosha GK | GK R_Sanchez M_Acuna DF | DF A_Florenzi L_Ayling DF | DF Yeray J_Evans DF | DF H_Bellerin A_Grimaldo DF | DF J_Bednarek J_Tarkowski DF | DF B_Hubner M_Llorente MF | AM Douglas_Costa D_Klaassen MF | AM M_Kovacic M_Svanberg MF | AM M_Reus J_David FW | FW S_Haller R_De_Tomas FW | FW L_Alberto | A_Palmer SUB | SUB S_Mignolet R_Burke SUB | SUB D_Godin M_Trigueros SUB | SUB Y_Bissouma J_Pastore SUB | SUB D_Drexler D_Zapata SUB | SUB H_Cornick Min. 4 :(new) D_Klaassen runs down the flank ... He plays the ball in to J_David ... J_David must beat R_Sanchez! ... R_Sanchez gets his fingertips to it ... The defender puts the ball behind ... CORNER! ... L_Ayling plays it towards the near post! ... R_Sanchez easily claims the ball! Min. 5 :(new) M_Llorente jinks infield ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to D_Klaassen ... D_Klaassen tries to lob the keeper! ... It takes a deflection! ... But hits the side netting! ... CORNER! ... J_David chips the ball in towards the far post! ... Yeray clears the danger Min. 5 :(bri) L_Alberto is unmarked! ... J_David brings him down in the area ... There can only be one outcome surely! ... But The Referee waves play on!! Min. 9 :(new) J_David crosses in from the wing, he finds R_De_Tomas in the box ... R_De_Tomas has his eyes on the goal! ... He fires the ball goalward! ... It's wide! ... 9 times out of 10 he would have scored that! Min. 11 :(new) M_Svanberg nutmegs the defender, he continues to run forward ... B_Hubner with a perfectly timed tackle Min. 12 :(new) R_De_Tomas with the diagonal pass to M_Llorente ... M_Llorente tries to catch the keeper out! ... He couldn't have struck it more sweetly!! ... But it sails past the post!! ... R_Sanchez never had a chance! Min. 13 :(new) L_Ayling with a long pass to M_Llorente ... Excellent sliding challenge from Yeray ... It goes out of play ... CORNER! ... M_Llorente curls it into the box! ... H_Bellerin clears the corner with a header away from the near post Min. 15 :(new) M_Llorente with the flick on ... He plays the ball across to A_Grimaldo ... L_Alberto is called for the holding foul ... Well spotted by the referee ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He was lucky to escape with a caution! Min. 20 :(bri) M_Kovacic runs with pace at the defence ... M_Kovacic with the crafty shot! ... T_Strakosha can't get to it! ... OH! It drifts wide! ... T_Strakosha was worried by that one ... He wipes the sweat off his brow? Min. 21 :(new) A_Grimaldo flicks it past Yeray ... He runs forward ... J_Bednarek takes the ball and the player!! ... But the ref waves play on!! Min. 21 :(bri) S_Haller cuts inside J_Tarkowski ... He worked that well ... S_Haller hits it ... This one could go anywhere! ... But T_Strakosha makes a fine save Min. 22 :(bri) M_Reus controls the ball with ease ... M_Reus with a bomb of a shot! ... But he got that all wrong Min. 26 :(bri) M_Kovacic looks up for support ... He spots his team mate making a run now ... He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! ... S_Haller receives the pass and heads towards the goal ... What a fantastic interception by L_Ayling ... He read that situation like a book! Min. 31 :(new) M_Svanberg gets to the byline and finds D_Klaassen with a beautiful cross ... A scorcher of a shot from D_Klaassen! ... R_Sanchez with a fantastic point blank save ... He shows why he is the number 1 Min. 31 :(bri) S_Haller gets to the byline ... He sees a team mate in space ... He plays the ball through to L_Alberto ... L_Alberto with the punt towards goal! ... But T_Strakosha makes a fine save ... Wow!! That was close! ... He had to be at his best to reach that one! Min. 36 :(new) J_Evans plays a first time ball through the defence to M_Llorente ... A wicked drive by M_Llorente! ... He's dragged it wide!! ... He looks horrified by that miss! ... He puts his face in his hands! Min. 37 :(bri) B_Hubner slides it through the middle to S_Haller ... S_Haller with the header! ... But T_Strakosha is equal to it Min. 41 :(new) J_Tarkowski drives the ball across field ... It comes to J_David ... A_Florenzi forces him off the ball Min. 41 :(bri) M_Reus gets the ball on the wing ... He cuts inside the defender! ... He has some space now! ... Driven towards goal by M_Reus! ... T_Strakosha blocks the shot with his legs ... It goes clear! Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 2 minutes of injury time. Min. 44 :(new) L_Ayling is first to the loose ball ... He plays the ball across to D_Klaassen ... D_Klaassen rifles it at the goal! ... It hammers off the post ... And out for a throw in Min. 45 :(new) D_Klaassen is taking a throw in ... He takes a couple of strides back ... He throws the ball to J_David ... J_David blasts the ball towards goal! ... It sails over! ... He has squandered a golden opportunity Min. 45 :(bri) M_Reus runs forward ... M_Reus has a dig at goal! ... GOAL!! ... Rifled into the top corner! ... That puts Brighton ahead! ... Now can they hang onto it? ... Newcastle United 0-1 Brighton ... Min. 46 :(bri) Tactical Change by Brighton ... Brighton have changed their playing style to C Min. 46 :(bri) H_Bellerin with a 50-yard pass to Yeray ... A_Grimaldo with the block ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Newcastle United 0-1 Brighton Min. 50 :(new) A_Grimaldo spots his team mate making a run ... He plays a fantastic through ball to J_David! ... J_David has his eyes on the goal! ... He shoots! ... It goes wide! ... My grandmother could have scored that!! Min. 51 :(new) J_Evans brings the ball into the opposing area ... J_David makes himself available ... J_David bears down on goal! ... R_Sanchez dives towards his top let hand corner ... He's pushed that one just around the goal ... Super Stop! ... CORNER! ... R_De_Tomas chips the ball in towards the far post! ... That's a poor one ... R_Sanchez catches it with ease Min. 52 :(new) R_Sanchez with a terrible kick! ... J_David is through! ... J_David has his eyes on the goal! ... He shoots! ... It clips the post!! ... The net bulges!! ... GOAL!! ... All square, that should make things interesting! ... Newcastle United 1-1 Brighton ... Min. 53 :(bri) Tactical Change by Brighton ... Brighton have changed their playing style to A Min. 54 :(bri) Douglas_Costa with a first time pass ... L_Alberto runs onto it! ... M_Acuna dives in with both feet!! ... Play On!! Min. 55 :(bri) T_Strakosha miskicks! ... L_Alberto is through! ... R_De_Tomas with an ugly foul ... There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge ... He's in trouble here!! ... YELLOW CARD! ... FREE KICK! ... An expectant silence takes the crowd ... B_Hubner drives it under the wall ... T_Strakosha blocks the shot with his legs ... And he gathers it! Min. 56 :(bri) S_Haller runs at the defender ... The ball rebounds off the defender back to him! ... That was fortunate, but he continues to go forward! ... But L_Ayling slides in Min. 58 :(new) J_David looks for options ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He knocks a through ball to M_Acuna ... M_Acuna with the spectacular bicycle kick! ... It takes a deflection! ... But flies wide of the post! ... CORNER! ... M_Svanberg with an outswinging corner into the box ... M_Llorente gets on the end of it ... R_Sanchez just watches it drift out of play! Min. 60 :(bri) Substitution by Brighton ... COMING ON: Y_Bissouma ... COMING OFF: S_Haller Min. 60 :(bri) Substitution by Brighton ... COMING ON: D_Godin ... COMING OFF: B_Hubner Min. 61 :(new) R_De_Tomas chips the ball over the defence and finds D_Klaassen ... D_Klaassen with a graceful, looping effort! ... But R_Sanchez punches it away ... That's gone out for a throw in Min. 61 :(bri) J_Bednarek dribbles past M_Acuna ... J_Bednarek hits a great shot! ... But he puts it wide ... How did he manage to miss that? Min. 62 :(new) M_Llorente with a smart pass to D_Klaassen ... D_Klaassen has broken clear! Just R_Sanchez to beat! ... He nutmegs R_Sanchez ... right through the legs!! ... GOAL!! ... But it's been disallowed! ... The reason is unclear! ... Chris Banks is fuming with the ref he's screaming for VAR! ... The ref shows him a red card!! He's been sent to the stands! Min. 62 :(bri) M_Reus has a go! ... It hits the defender ... Douglas_Costa collects the loose ball! ... J_Evans is called for the holding foul ... Looked like a fair jump ... The referee got it wrong ... FREE KICK! ... This is a good chance! ... He's been working on a top spin dip free kick! ... Will we see it? ... M_Kovacic with the delicate chip over the wall ... Looks like it should be T_Strakosha's ... But he elects to punch it rather than catch ... It loops out for a corner. ... CORNER! ... M_Reus plays it towards the near post! ... D_Godin gets a shot in ... T_Strakosha won't get to that! ... Oooh it goes just over!! Min. 67 :(bri) Douglas_Costa steps over the ball ... He nutmegs A_Grimaldo ... That a lovely piece of trickery ... A powerful shot by Douglas_Costa! ... But T_Strakosha makes a fine save ... Wow!! That was close! ... He had to be at his best to reach that one! Min. 70 :(bri) Substitution by Brighton ... COMING ON: H_Cornick ... COMING OFF: L_Alberto Min. 70 :(new) L_Ayling backtracks with the ball ... He hoofs the ball upfield ... J_Tarkowski gets on the end of it ... H_Bellerin wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge ... It goes out of play ... CORNER! ... J_Evans swings the ball in hard and fast with some tremendous top spin! ... H_Bellerin heads it away Min. 71 :(new) J_Tarkowski gets to the byline ... He looks up and lobs in a cross ... R_De_Tomas is unmarked ... R_De_Tomas hits the ball on the bounce! ... OOOOHHHHH!! ... It grazes the post and goes wide Min. 71 :(bri) H_Bellerin runs with the ball to the corner flag ... He plays the ball across to M_Reus ... M_Llorente takes the players legs from beneath him!! ... That's a poor tackle! ... That will be a booking ... YELLOW CARD!! ... FREE KICK! ... Right on the edge of the box! ... M_Reus with the thundering drive ... He has put it over the bar! ... He looks stunned by that miss! ... He puts his face in his hands! Min. 75 :(new) M_Svanberg crosses in from the wing, he finds J_Tarkowski in the box ... J_Tarkowski attempts to drive it home! ... It hits the outside of the post ... And goes out Min. 77 :(new) J_Tarkowski looks in some pain ... He'll try and run it off though Min. 80 :(new) D_Klaassen hoofs it upfield to find R_De_Tomas ... Wonderful sliding challenge by J_Bednarek Min. 81 :(bri) Y_Bissouma barges M_Acuna off the ball ... Y_Bissouma attempts a lob! ... T_Strakosha manages to turn it behind Min. 82 :(bri) H_Cornick knocks it past A_Grimaldo and runs onto it ... He showed great skill and pace there ... M_Llorente with a bad challenge ... That looked malicious ... He received a good talking to from The Referee Min. 83 :(bri) M_Kovacic slides the ball across to M_Reus ... But he loses control of it ... J_Tarkowski hits it out for a throw Min. 84 :(bri) M_Kovacic finds M_Reus with a perfectly weighted pass ... M_Reus with a quick pass down the wing. ... Cross comes back in to him at a good height ... a lovely cushioned header ... But T_Strakosha punches it away Min. 85 :(new) J_Tarkowski slips past his marker A_Florenzi ... The ball is whipped into J_David ... But Yeray barges him off the ball. Thou shalt not pass! Min. 85 :(bri) J_Bednarek has the ball on the wing, a chance to show his pace ... He knocks the ball past J_Evans ... He puts in D_Godin! ... D_Godin with the crafty shot! ... T_Strakosha gets his fingertips to it ... He pushes it on to the post ... The defender clears the loose ball Min. 86 :(new) M_Llorente skips the challenge from D_Godin ... M_Llorente with the cheeky shot! ... He couldn't have hit that shot much better!! ... But it thumps off the woodwork!! ... And goes safely clear! ... R_Sanchez never had a chance! Min. 86 :(bri) D_Godin turns past the defender ... He has created space for himself now ... D_Godin pounds a rocket on goal! ... T_Strakosha is just going to watch it go over! ... It dips dramatically!! ... But goes just over!! ... T_Strakosha looks very relieved! Min. 87 :(new) J_David crosses to M_Svanberg ... M_Svanberg with a blistering shot! ... R_Sanchez just watches it drift out of play! Min. 87 :(bri) M_Kovacic jinks past the defender ... M_Kovacic belts the ball towards goal! ... It swerves a lot in the air ... The shot takes a wicked deflection ... Wide!! ... That was fortunate ... CORNER! ... Douglas_Costa curls it into the box! ... The ball comes to A_Florenzi ... He gets the shot away ... But it puts it well wide Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 1 minute of injury time Min. 88 :(bri) D_Godin gets to the byline ... He sees a team mate in space ... He plays the ball through to H_Bellerin ... H_Bellerin attempts a chip! ... It's hit the bar ... It bounces down ... T_Strakosha grabs it ... No Goal! ... Boos surround the stadium!! Min. 90 :(bri) Douglas_Costa takes advantage of a mistake by L_Ayling ... away from two, three, four. ... Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. ... How good is he?! ... Now he crosses to H_Cornick! ... H_Cornick with the goal bound shot! ... OOOOHHHHH!! ... It grazes the post and goes wide Min. 91 :(new) M_Svanberg with the diagonal pass to D_Klaassen ... D_Klaassen drives it low! ... He's pulled it wide! ... He looks horrified by that miss! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : St James Park ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newcastle United Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : J_David (Man of the Match) Scorers : J_David (52) Sent Off : N/A Booked : R_De_Tomas (55), M_Llorente (71) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brighton Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : M_Reus Scorers : M_Reus (45) Sent Off : N/A Booked : L_Alberto (15) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newcastle United | Brighton Attempts on Goal : 20 | 21 Off target : 14 | 11 On target : 6 | 10 Possession : 51 | 49 Corners : 6 | 2 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 2 | 1 Subs Used : 0 | 3 Fouls : 7 | 10 Key Tackles : 6 | 10 Key Passes : 23 | 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Newcastle United 1 - 1 Brighton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Newcastle United Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T_Strakosha GK 20 1 1 1 24 | 93 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 0 0 0 M_Acuna DF 1 19 14 12 25 | 93 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 0 12 L_Ayling DF 1 17 13 8 26 | 93 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 57 0 J_Evans DF 1 17 14 9 28 | 93 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 A_Grimaldo DF 1 17 13 9 31 | 93 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 19 0 J_Tarkowski DF 1 18 11 9 30 | 93 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 22 63 15 M_Llorente MF 1 11 18 12 22 | 93 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 -2 40 46 D_Klaassen MF 1 3 18 14 26 | 93 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 42 72 M_Svanberg MF 1 10 16 12 22 | 93 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 48 12 J_David FW 1 5 15 18 29 | 93 0 1 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 35 51 60 R_De_Tomas FW 1 2 14 20 25 | 93 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 -2 34 6 A_Palmer GK 15 1 1 1 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Burke DF 1 17 12 5 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Trigueros MF 1 11 16 10 29 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Pastore MF 1 8 16 9 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Zapata FW 1 4 11 18 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Brighton Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R_Sanchez GK 20 1 1 1 22 | 93 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 A_Florenzi DF 1 18 13 8 27 | 93 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 22 0 16 Yeray DF 1 18 11 7 33 | 93 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0 0 H_Bellerin DF 1 18 13 7 21 | 93 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 66 38 17 J_Bednarek DF 1 17 12 10 23 | 93 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 46 20 14 B_Hubner DF 1 17 12 7 20 | 62 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 23 20 21 Douglas_Costa AM 1 4 17 13 23 | 93 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 15 M_Kovacic AM 1 5 19 12 22 | 93 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 39 36 M_Reus AM 1 4 18 15 24 | 93 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 78 S_Haller FW 1 6 10 19 27 | 62 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 18 L_Alberto FW 1 1 8 16 31 | 72 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 -2 10 S_Mignolet GK 15 1 1 1 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Godin DF 1 18 11 9 24 | 31 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21 49 Y_Bissouma MF 1 13 18 9 31 | 31 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 D_Drexler MF 1 3 15 12 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H_Cornick FW 1 1 7 11 32 | 21 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1677016425 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40